Posted by Oli Filth on 01/15/06 16:12

Martin Janssen said the following on 15/01/2006 11:09:
> Super Taped Coke Bottle Glasses and Pocket Protector Man, Jr. wrote:
>> Martin Janssen wrote:
>>
>>> Apparently GW Bush's grandfather is responsible for coming up with the
>>> idea of hypertext:
>>>
.......
>>>
>>>
>>> W could have really shamed Gore when he made his Internet creation
>>> claim, yet he didn't. I think that shows his character.
>>
>
>> They aren't supposed to be directly related, though.
>
> Pull the other one. They are both from the same area of the US, have the
> same last name and look like brothers. Vannevar even founded Raytheon,
> Bush 41's favorite government contractor, and Bush has quoted Vannevar
> fondly in speeches.
>
> Just because Wikipedia says they aren't related doesn't make it true.
> They are obviously related.

How, exactly? He's clearly not G.W. Bush's grandfather. And seeing as he
"had two sisters" and his "father was a Universalist minister", where
exactly does that link him to the famous Bush family tree?
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_political_family)

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Oli

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